Collapsible tent-frame



J. ,J. P. AND J. M-cCANN. COLLAPSIBLE YENT FRAME.

AFPLICATlON FILED APR. 9, 1920- 1547, 1 07. Patented July 20, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1920.

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INVENTORS Josepiz ZL.J( Uann. 4/0/02 1? ll- 6222122.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. MCCANN, JOHN P. MGCANN, AND JAMES MCCANN, OF BRIDGEPORT,

CONNECTICUT.

COLLAPSIBLE TENT-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed April 9. 1920. Serial No. 372,562.

I citizens of the United States, and residents frame over which a tent or other covering may be placed in a way to produce an inclosed building.

The furtherfeatures of the invention are to provide a series of collapsible sections that :are adapted to be set up and connected one with another to form the complete frame; to design the main sections to include an adjustable post; braces and rafters that are hinged and slidably' connected together so that the same may be collapsed, closed and folded in a way to form a small bundle which will be light in weight and comparatively convenient to handle; to design these several sections and parts so that the same may be inexpensively and strongly produced from sheet metal, such as galvanized iron, mostly in channel shapes; further to design theframe of a size and proportion which when set up and covered with canvas will form a garage that can be used at night for sheltering an automobile and closed together 7 and packed in the car during the day when 1 hereto appended, it being understood that traveling over the road.

With these andother ob ects in view the invention resides and consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction withinthe scope of the claims may be resorted to without departure from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. 7

Similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and

upon which:

Figure 1 shows a front end. view of our 7 improved form of collapsible tent frame,the

same being of a size and proportion adapted to accommodate an automobile.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the tent frame shown in Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the left hand corner post of the garage frame shown in Fig. 1, with a portion of the rafter and brace'therefoi'e connected to the post.

Fig. 4 shows an inside view of the pivotal connection of upper post section and rafter including a thimble through which the pivotal bolt passes.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the post and attached brace and rafter shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 6 shows a side view of one of the four corner posts with braces and rafter hinged thereon, closed together to form a bundle ready for transportation.

Fig. 7 shows an enlarged cross section taken on line 77 of Fig. 6. a

Fig. 8 is a similar'cross section of the two adjustably connected sections forming one of the posts, and

Fig. 9 shows a similar cross section'of the telescopic ridge pieces which are supported on the peak of the several rafters.

A tent frame of the size illustrated in the drawing for use as a garage would be best made to include six posts, four of which would constitute cornerposts, and two intermediate posts.- When knocked down these same six posts with connected parts would be folded to form six comparatively small bundles which together with the other additional bundles including the ridge pieces and braces would comprise the outfit, and when ready to carry would represent less than two hundred pounds in weight.

The four corner posts A and the intermediate parts B including their attached braces and rafters are alike in construction and therefore like reference characters will be applied to designate the corresponding braces instead of one, as is the case with the corner posts. All the posts. are made of sheet metal, bent in the form of channel irons (see Figs. 7 and 8) and each include a lower upright section 10 having a broad flat outer face and the relatively narrow opposite parallel side portions 11, thelongitudinal edges of which are bent in to form grooves 12 to receive and guide the edges 13 of the upper section 14;. The lower end portion of the upper post sections are slidably mounted in the upper end portion of the lower section 10] These two m m a *lO'and its bottom web portion'is provided with a hole-through which a bolt can be passed to engage the plate'18 which in practice is held in place by suitable pegs driven through holes thereof. and into the'gr'ound.

The'lower fends of the rafters 19 are hinged inthe upper ,end portions of the, top sections 11 by bolts 20 which also pass through a sleeve 21. The lower end portions of the rafters are positioned between the parallel sides of the said upper section 14 so that when the said rafter is folded down it will be contained wholly. within the said upper section and thereby adapted to. be slid with V i.

' tents comprlsing 1n part a series of foldable it into the longitudinal channel portion of the lower section 10 as indicated in Fig. 7.

The upper adjoining endp'ortionsof. the opposite'pairs of rafters are secured together as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2' by a1 connected to the lower section and adapted to slide mto the lower section, and a rafter bolt 22 andflon these several connected rafter ends are attached the connected' adjustable ridge-pieces'23 and 2d; The memthe corner postsi tances bers 23like the corner posts 10are provided with turned inf edge portions 25 to form guide-ways which hold and slidably support the adjoining section 24. These portions of the ridge-piece are secured together by bolts and nuts 26 similar' to those employed for By this form of adjustable construction it will be readilyseen that the corner posts may be set at variable dismediate posts. n i

In addition to the foregoing we provide jadjustable braces formed. of two telescopic channel pieces 27 and 28, the upper piece of which is hinged to the lower section 10 of the posts as at 29 and the two sections eX- ten d' inward and downward in alinement with the ad o ning posts and the lower sec-' tionsare provided with a flanged end portion 30 having a hole therethrough to receive a pin to be driven into the ground to hold the brace in position. These braces like the posts 'are made up of channel secrom and with respect to the inter tions telescopically connected together and are secured by means of bolts 31 and wing nuts in the manner before explained. v

The intermediate posts B are provided with two adjustable braces instead of one as is the case withthe corner posts, the same being hinged to the opposite sides of the upper end portion of the lower section 10 and extend out in opposite directions in alinement with the corner posts and preferably so that their lower flanged end portions will engage with the flanged end portion ofthe adjoining braces. 'lVe also provide small detachable braces for supporting the rafters, ridge pieces, side posts and general-frame construction, which as willbe seen from Figs. 1 and 3 include short'pieces 32, one end of which is bolted to the upper sections 1 1 of the posts and the other end to the rafters 19; 'In addition'to these two. braces connected with opposite"- 5 posts and *rafters, w e provide two alined horizontal pieces 33, the outer ends of which are connectedto opposite rafters, by the same bolts which connect the upper-ends of the sidebraces. :-The inner :ends of these horizontal braces are secured together by a bolt 34 which serves toconnect'the single upright 35 to the upper ends of the rafter 1; A collapsible supporting frame for sections adapted to be connected together including a post formedof a bottom channel section having ways in its opposite side portions, a smaller channel piece ad ustably one end of which is hinged to the upper post section 'andadapted to befolded into the 2. A collapsible supporting frame for tents comprising a series o f foldable sections adaptedto beconnected together including "posts formed of 'a bottom channel section havmgways in its opposite side portions, a smaller channel section adjustably connected to the lower section'and adapted to slide into the lower section, a rafter one end of which is'hinged to and adapted to befolded into the upper-section of the post, and detachable braces extending from the post to the rafter and from one rafter tothe other;

' 3. A collapsible supporting frame 'for tents comprising a series of foldablesections adapted'to be connected together including posts formedof a bottom' channel section having ways in its opposite portionsfa smaller channel' piece adj justably connected to the lower-section and adapted to sli'de into the. bottom section, a rafter the lower end of which is hinged'to the upper post section and the upper end to theend of the abutting rafter, adjustable braces hinged to the said posts and extending to the ground, and adjustable ridge pieces for rigidly connecting the top ends of the rafters.

4. A collapsible supporting frame for tents comprising a series of foldable sections adapted to be connected together including posts formed of a bottom channel section having ways in its opposite side portions, a smaller channel piece adjustably connected to each of the lower sections and adapted to slide into the said lower sections, rafters one end of each of which are hinged to the upper post sections and the 15- Signed at Bridgeport, 1n the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 30th 20 day of March, A. D. 1920.

JOSEPH L. MGCANN. JOHN P. MoCANN. JAMES MGCANN.

\Vitnesses f,

C. M. NEWMAN, LILLIAN M. ALLING. 

